Dark Side of Transformational Leadership Tourish Dennis Royal Holloway University of London UK
Dark Side of Transformational Leadership Tourish Dennis Royal Holloway University of London UK Most research into leadership has presented leaders as heroic, charismatic and transformational…
Specifikacia Dark Side of Transformational Leadership Tourish Dennis Royal Holloway University of London UK
Dark Side of Transformational Leadership Tourish Dennis Royal Holloway University of London UK
Most research into leadership has presented leaders as heroic, charismatic and transformational 'visionaries'. Indeed, despite the fundamental mistakes which have, arguably, directly led to global economic recession, it is often still taken for granted that transformational leadership is a good thing, and that leaders should have much more power than followers to decide what needs to be done.The Dark Side of Transformational Leadership confronts this orthodoxy by illustrating how such approaches can encourage narcissism, megalomania and poor decision-making on the part of leaders, at great expense to those organizations they are there to serve. The leader, whether in business, politics or any other field, is the most important factor in determining whether organizations succeed or fail.
Written in a lively and engaging style, the book uses a number of case